Meaning

noun someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)

noun a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men

noun the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances

originFrom Middle English tesen, from Old English tǣsan (“to tease”), from Proto-West Germanic *taisijan (“to separate, tug, shred”).

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